In the past 2yrs we roughly deployed 2M$ to general Fediverse system (if you count DIDs, more than that). The distribution is not that fair and lots just went to IDC/AWS. In the upcoming years we would like to deploy more through donating, investing and fellowship programs; ideally 1M$ per year. Also wanna form some committees on this. Let’s see what’s the best way.
What’s the .cloud community think most needed? (ps we will upgrade to v4 very soon)
@TheAdmin is it by design that favs are only counted if they come from this server?
@TheAdmin Staying current on latest releases is the most important criteria for me.
@TheAdmin , currently, for me, is the good health in the federation world; specially talking about mastodon.cloud as generalist and international instance.
After the last movement, I think this has gone a bit messed up, unfortunately.
@jabd Hi!
.cloud is managed more by English and non Japanese language speakers. The standard is clear and publish on our server rule. Believe it’s similar to other major instances.
@TheAdmin, Integrating a translation button, as in some other instances and TW?
mastodont.cat uses https://libretranslate.com. Sure they can help if needed.
@marcbeldata We’ve tried on Twidere X then the Google translate bill is quiet high especially consider the size of the instance we maintain. We also love to try libretranslate seems much more affordable.
@TheAdmin following hashtags would really help build out the community of people I follow on mastodon, I think this will be useful for many new members